Comments on: Planning amnesty proposed for 50,000 illegal properties in Andalucia’s Malaga province

By: arabrab

arabrab — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:59:18 +0000

If it is the town halls that cause the problem by taking money for licences and not issuing them, the architects who produced documents that are unable to be used without the licences, the builder who went ahead anyway, and the legal representative who didn’t bother to see if the licence had been issued, why on earth should the unsuspecting owner of the house be forced to lose any more money by paying an additional fine to be used in the area “to create green spaces” etc. The town hall have taken the money, and they are now receiving IBI.

By: Surveyor

Surveyor — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:22:17 +0000

Regarding demolition, that is politically unacceptable and costly as it has been pointed out. The properties are there now. Let them stay, but they must have a penal fine registered against them, that must be paid EACH TIME they are sold. That way nobody makes a profit from the illegal act and it won’t happen again. The lawyers that acted for the buyers should be obliged to do the legal work of putting on the embargo as they were the professionals that let the property go ahead in the first place. The money for the fines must stay in the area and be used to create green spaces to compensate the other people in the community for their loss of natural habitat.

By: Surveyor

Surveyor — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:12:12 +0000

These illegal buildings are like graffiti on the landscape. It may be art, but in the wrong place and destroying a greater beauty.
If the illegal buildings are given restrospective permission, what about compensating all the people who have gone through the proper processes and not been given permission to build – or haven’t even started because they knew it wasn’t possible. In fairness now they must be given permission to build now too – or compensated for the lack of it and all their costs. Where does it stop?